Hello Parents, I had a great weekend last week. I got to watch my niece play soccer and score the first goal for her team! I also enjoyed every minute of helping her get ready for prom. She was beautiful! I might be biased! She also named won Prom Queen!!! I was able to watch Grace graduate in Colorado via livestream. I saw part of Emily's graduation too, but prom activities got busy! It was a great fun! 

Calendar Dates: 

May 8-12  Archery Nationals

May 15-  Final Book Report Due/ 5th Mass Day

May 17- 8th grade graduation/Spirit Day

May 24-Last Day of School/ Field Day/ 3 hour early out

Reading- This week we finished up our story on Phillis Wheatley, an African American slave who wrote poetry. She wanted to get it published, but the publishers didn't believe she was the one who wrote it. She had to go in front of 18 men in the Bay Colony and sit through an examination to prove herself! She is the first African American slave to get her poetry published. Their spelling test will be on Thursday as well as their weekly module test. On Friday, they will take their Module Test( unit test). 

Book Reports are due on Wednesday. They should bring their costume to school that day. I think I will be able to get through most, if not all of them that day! 

Math- We are working through our fractions! This week we are adding mixed numbers with unlike denominators and simplifying them!!! There are lots of steps to go through along with lots of sighing and complaints, but they are doing it!!! I told them I wasn't going to stop teaching and pushing them to do more even though they are sighing and complaining. I don't know if we will test over this chapter before the year is out, but I am going to get us as close to the end of it as possible. 

Religion- We started a new chapter. This one covers the Sacraments of Healing which are Penance and Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick. We dive into what the receive when they go to confession and the kinds of things they should confess. 

They are doing mass next week with kindergarten. They are also playing their hand bells at mass! I am excited to listen to that! You're more than welcome to come!

Last Day of School is a 3 hour early out! They will need a big bag or two on that Thursday, May 23 because I will have them clean out their desks and lockers then. No lunch at school on the last day. 

Good Luck to Ava, Finn, Leo and Quentin at Archery Nationals! 

Congrats to the 5th grade class! They got 1st place in the Glow-A-Thon for laps! They will get a Dilly Bar party next week!!! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Are you going to Market on Maple?  I am planning on it! 

God Bless,

Miss Surma